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Happy (Old) New Year!

Two weeks too late, you say? Not in the Julian calendar! Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Note about second proposal related to restrictions of Gp75motorsports and Blow of Light

As someone who gave your input into my initial proposal, would I be able to respectfully request your input into a secondary proposal which addresses issues related to the restrictions placed on Blow of Light specifically? Your input into gathering consensus at this discussion would be much appreciated. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

More Gp75motorsports issues

I'd like your input at Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Enforcement? in regards to this user. He's already violated the topic ban three times since you placed the ban on his talk page. The edits he has made that don't technically violate the ban are also unconstructive. Metros (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Village Pump table of contents problem

It's at Proposals. The Level 2 headers are overlapping the table of contents. While the text is okay, the hjorizontal lines beneath it are overlapping the table of contents, making it look unkempt. Hey, at least I'm not commenting there, right? --Gp75motorsports 01:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, it doesn't look that way to me - perhaps it's your screen resolution or something? :s ~ Riana ⁂ 03:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

User Request

Do a barrel roll! Cheers, Dfrg_msc 04:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

What, right now? In front of all these people? ~ Riana ⁂ 04:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey, how come she got it wikilinked? *barrel rollz* Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I hate to do it, but it's getting ridiculous. It's time to write WP:NOBARRELROLLS. Trusilver (talk) 20:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You're just jealous because you didn't get a barrel roll :p — DarkFalls 21:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:NOJEALOUSY. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 13:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Adelaide Wikimeetup 3

I'd love to attend. Would you believe I just returned from Adelaide only a few days back? I'm having some transport issues at the moment (one car down), but if my free time permits I'd love to join you all. Everywhere is a long drive from here :) -- Longhair\ 19:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Riana...

...good to have you back! I thought you'd gone!! At least you're still around, what articles you working on?? --Solumeiras 23:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks (or thanks anyway, since it's the thought that counts. Full points, despite being beaten to the punch) Cheers, Pete.Hurd (talk) 04:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Haha - no problems! ~ Riana ⁂ 04:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Darsheel Safary

Hello Riana!

I wanted to create an article for the above mentioned actor, but the page is protected for some unknown reasons. I have already written the article itself and saved it on my sandbox. Could you please unprotect the article so that I can create it?

Regards, Shahid • 14:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done :) ~ Riana ⁂ 14:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much! What do you think? Nice start, no? Thanks again, Shahid • 14:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Great work - much better than the previous versions :) ~ Riana ⁂ 14:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback request

Just to inform you that J-stan kindly filled in the 3rd opinion, and the grant was declined. Regards, Rudget. 16:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the info. ~ Riana ⁂ 16:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Howdy

Thanks for your New Years message! I did have a lovely, if demure, New Years. Best wishes to you in '08. Well done to yourself and Daniel with regards to the P:SA too! As for your Indigenous Australians project, did you manage to sort out the categories?--cj | talk 18:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Special note

A special note, to a very special friend: Thank you so much for your warm wishes for a happy new year. I've been out of commission with pneumonia, but when I returned and read through my archives, it brightened my day to see your holiday card. Thank you so much, and I hope that you had a wonderful holiday time as well, Riana. {{hugs}} Ariel♥Gold 19:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Hope you're enjoying yourself...

on your holiday, but have you come back early?  :) Qst 22:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

About a week earlier than planned, actually! It's good because I'm a homebody anyway :) ~ Riana ⁂ 00:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

What I tell you?

Tendulkar got sawn off. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

In a display of completely impartial umpiring, of course? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 01:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

By a Pakistani umpire no less.....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

What's wrong with a Pakistani umpire? :) — DarkFalls 08:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

So India did it. Now you have a reason to go watch the test this week. Should be a good match! Maybe I'll pony up for coverage. Mind you, I can't stay up all night watching cricket! -- Flyguy649 14:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, although Australia was so lethargic it didn't even feel like we were playing 'em! Ah well, it's nice to be on top for a change :) ~ Riana ⁂ 15:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

...and you call yourself an Australian :~( — DarkFalls 05:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

E-mail

You have one. :) Acalamari 21:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied! ~ Riana ⁂ 00:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Back to you. :) Acalamari 01:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Leaving WP

Dear Riana,
You are the only person I am writing to before I leave Misplaced Pages. I see no reason to carry on here. The one article I think I have written that really might help someone in need has been completed (more or less).

I am leaving because of this blog post. As I knew since Feb 2007, Banker and his friends had been editing that article in a biased manner. A quick look over the history shows that I was the only editor that dared clean-up the article.

The vendetta reversions mentioned by Banker and his army were all bot reversions. The discussions on the talk page were by anon IPs discussing removals/additions by other anons. New users would come by every few days and add things that couldn't be verified. I would remove them and post on the talk page why they were removed, and then I have anon IPs spewing venom at me.

I format something, and I'm blamed for incorrect facts in the article. I posted on the article talk page that I would remove everything that might be a copyvio within two days. Unfortunately, the net was down and I left for a vacation with my family soon after. I come back, and I find yet another new user telling me how I should keep things real.

Am I in the wrong? I don't know. I'm not sure. I definitely should have stayed away from that article when I found out Banker and his friends were editing it, as I noted on the talk page. Now there is an external link on the article going to Banker's blog, which details how I am an abusive editor.

I don't want to malign WP's name any further, which apparently my staying here does. I'm no journalist. I'm just a student who works part-time, gets his grades, and tries to add whatever little bit of knowledge possible to Misplaced Pages. I was just trying to help.

Why am I writing all this to you? You were my admin coach at one point. You're a great editor and even better admin. More than all of that, you're one of the few people here that treat editors as humans, that make mistakes but can learn from them. The rest of this so-called community focuses more on its members and their screw-ups and less on article-writing.

I would like to apologise if I've ever troubled you. I would like to thank you for all your guidance. I would like to request you, if possible, to look over what has gone on, on that page. If possible, at all, to clear my name of this, I'd be indebted to you. If you find I am at fault, then its better I be gone. I apologise for the trouble.

I'm just rambling now, so I'll stop. Glad to have met you. Have a great future and happy editing,

-xC- 15:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. But I don't know... its like the Preity Zinta article... until my name is cleared out of all I'm accused of, I refuse to edit any article on WP.

If you have a look at the article page, the link suggested by Banker and his friends is

Now lets see whats wrong with this -

• Its all written in a single block. It needs to be in sections to be in line with manual of style for WP articles.
• Phrases like "was earlier known as" and "well-known for his" - known by whom? where are the refs for these self-publicising claims?
• the bibliography has around a dozen titles TBA (to be announced). Theres no place for these in the article, no crystal gazing on WP.
• Half the external links cannot be accessed, or redirect to a blank page
• Phrases such as "He's also said to be working on an " - who said he is working on them? where is the ref for this?
• All the refs in the initial portion of the article are from 'Epic India .com', which is a site run by him. More importantly, none of them have any content on them. They just have the words 'epicindia.com' written. For example, 12
• Therefore I don't find any reliable sources stating anything which has been mentioned as sourced.

Was I wrong in formatting the article and cleaning it up? Am I wrong in refusing this reversion?

I don't know if this is allowed within WP policy, but could I request you or someone else (I already requested Blofeld) to make the required changes on the article. Or please explain on the talk page why the old version couldn't be reverted?

On the other hand, if you believe the article should be reverted, please do revert it. I place full faith in your experience. Maybe there's something I missed regarding this particular article... I don't know.... its only been trouble.

Looking forward to your mail,

And sorry for piling this onto you,

-xC- 20:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I've posted on the article talk page, explaining how I am not the editor to blame. They have clearly mistaken me for a whole range of IP editors and users who keep adding their own brilliance to the article and revert each other. From what I understand, I was the only editor who would reply to Banker and his friends on the talk page, and I was the person to whose versions the article kept getting reverted by bots. So they blame me for all of it.

Secondly, I wasn't at all involved in the copyvio bit. But since I was the person who replied to Ashwinblake (who incidentally has blanked the article more than 5 times), I get the IP venom.

It was my mistake to have been rude to the user on the talk page, but that was the same user who keeps reverting and putting in his/her own version in the article. Now we have Banker, his friends, his manager and main editor of his site epicindia.com all editing the article. I also have a blog post on the net which blames me squarely for everything wrong with the article, which has now been reverted to a Sept06 version.

I will talk on the article talk page as much as anyone wants me to, but I refuse to edit the article any further until there are more editors working on it. As of now its just a Banker reunion area and I'm the lone bad guy against all of them.

What do I do?

-xC- 10:46, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

-HI Riana

Hi Riana a number of things I need you to help with. First of all can you create a PD-Italy template -it redirects at present. I've uploaded an image Image:Teatro Margherita.jpg‎ which is public domain and it needs fitting with a proper tag. Here is the one at Italian wikipedia =pre April 22 1941 is public domain

Questa immagine è stata creata in Italia (o in territorio italiano) ed è ora di pubblico dominio poiché il suo copyright è scaduto. Secondo la Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633, modificata dalla legge 22 maggio 2004, n. 128 articolo 87 e articolo 92, le foto generiche e prive di carattere artistico, le riproduzioni di opere dell'arte figurativa e i fotogrammi delle pellicole cinematografiche divengono di pubblico dominio a partire dall'inizio dell'anno solare seguente al compimento del ventesimo anno dalla data di pubblicazione. Nota: le fotografie considerate opere d'arte diventano di pubblico dominio dopo 70 anni dalla morte dell'autore.

Secondly I've made many agreements with flickr users to use the images for wikipedia. COuld you help sort the OTRS ticketing? Shall I send you copies of the emails,? Adambro never seems to be about to do it. I will be arranging a number of agreements with flickr users -would you be willing to help we get some of these fantastic images uploaded? ON wikipedia I'm currently developing articles on poorer but often exotic parts of the world where images make a huge differenve. Hope you are well -please respond, Blofeld ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 15:27, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

OK thanks Riana. Can I send you the flickr messages by email? I've sent them to the OTRS permission at the commons but nobody has read them I think. If you could sort this asap this would be great. I;ve uploaded many images from places like Burma, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia etc but to wikipedia rather than the commons. I;ve noticed some people have already moved them to the commons but it would be great if I was in contact with someody such as yourself who could quickly authorize it. I'll email them to you anyway. Regards friend. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 15:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

OK I've emailed the messages to you. Thats all for now I think - many people seem to feel quite pleased about helping wikipedia. This is good to know! I;ve also asked somebody if we can use their Tristan da Cunha images but I;m awaiting confirmation on that one. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 15:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll process the lot over the next few days - if you've uploaded them to Commons, feel free to mark them with {{OTRS pending}}, k? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 06:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

OK no probs Riana. I've made another new agreement with a guy called Doug and he has tons of images from place slike Ghana which we are free to use images like this. I'll upload them OTRS pending for now cool? Best wishes Blofeld ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 14:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Some of the new Ghana ones arehere ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 14:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Folks, I'm not certain those images are acceptable on Commons. Consider it:Immagine:Bari - Foto d'epoca del Teatro Margherita.jpg. Beneath the tag indicated above is a notice, "Attenzione: un'immagine con questa licenza non può essere caricata su Wikimedia Commons perché la politica sul copyright di Commons è molto restrittiva e l'immagine trasferita verrebbe cancellata." I understand little Italian, but I think it means, "Attention: an image with this license cannot be uploaded(?) to Wikimedia Commons because the copyright at Commons is more restrictive and the transferred image will be cancelled/deleted(?)".

At any rate, I tentatively agree with the assessment. Firstly, I am aware that PD-Italy images have been a source of difficulties in the past (I can't find an archive right now). Secondly, while the images may be in the public domain in Italy, they are not necessarily in the public domain in the United States due to the U.S.'s non-observance of the "rule of the shorter term". Remember that images hosted on Commons must be freely licensed in both the country of origin and in the United States (see commons:COM:L).

I can give some better links and explanations later (probably within 24 hours), but I am currently pressed for time, so this is all I can say now. --Iamunknown 07:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

OTRS needed?

Hi Riana, User:Minusbaby has uploaded the same photos from this Minusbaby Flickr account. Two days ago, I contacted the user through FlickrMail to verify whether the Misplaced Pages account was actually his (as opposed to an impersonator) and he confirmed that it was his. Should I send the transcripts to OTRS (perhaps for long-term historical purposes)? Spellcast (talk) 20:35, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

And it's sent! Spellcast (talk) 08:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Aryan

Hi. You semi-protected this page back in May. Is it perhaps time to unprotect it to see if vandalism will now be at a "standard" minimum? Lilac Soul 12:53, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep, Unprotected :) ~ Riana ⁂ 06:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

It's about time!

Hello Riana! It's me! I just dropped by to say
Happy Australia Day!
I am back, and my edit rate will be steadily rising... :) Ryan 12:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Meetup/Brisbane 2

Hey there. You've expressed an interest in attending this via Skype. If you're still interested, could you please give some input on the project page as to date/time, and we'll see if we're still going to go ahead with that. Thanks, Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 07:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Not leaving

Hey there Riana,

• I'm not leaving WP.
• I've tried to explain the edit history fiasco to Banker in a post on the talk page - Talk:Ashok Banker.
• The content removal he talks about were bot reversions of IP edits, which I was being blamed for. I've put them in and made a note of this on the talk page.

Thanks for your help,-xC- 13:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Impersonators and WP:DENY

HI. I just noticed this where you got rid of most visible signs of an impersonator of me. I think this is quite appropriate. I would like you to do the same (but probably not yet) for the other impersonators of me listed at Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/Qwerty of Man — but after the case is sorted and the dust settles. Possibly also for User:Senang Hati (impersonator), which is a mess, but is explained on the case page and in the links given. Comments in the meantime? Cheers, Jack Merridew 07:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Weekly Episode 40

Misplaced Pages Weekly Episode 40 has been released!

.mp3 and .ogg versions can be found at http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/01/24/episode-40-wikipedias-genetic-makeup/, and, as always, you can download past episodes and leave comments at http://wikipediaweekly.com/.

For Misplaced Pages Weekly — WODUP 05:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Riana

IRC now pls! >:( Mike H. Fierce! 12:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

RIANA! >:( Mike H. Fierce! 07:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Poor Mike is dying without you :) — DarkFalls 07:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Aust Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful, and I'll do what I can to ensure your opinion of my suitability for adminship improves. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 19:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Bollyblog images

Bollywoodblog images

So? Have there been any new developments or should we be speedying them right away? Sarvagnya 23:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)